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In the online post the imam accused Christian countries in the West of egotism and racism - stating the bad attitude towards Turkey has been “accelerated”.

President Erdogan is in the midst of a deep fall out with European nations including Germany and the Netherlands after both countries banned rallies and kicked out his ministers who had sworn to campaign for his referendum.

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Turkish people have been holding protests after their ministers were blocked from speaking in Europe

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Mr Erdogan retaliated by comparing them to Nazis and protests were held outside the Dutch embassy in Ankara.

The fallout threatens the £5billion one-for-one migrant deal.

But, if Mr Erdogan listens to his favourite religious leader, the tensions could be ramped up even further.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been advised to go nuclear and defy NATO

In a post online Mr Karaman called for the swift development of nuclear weapons.

He wrote: “Once upon a time, military forces are arrows and horses, and now weapons are effective weapons invented by the age of science and technology, especially nuclear, and are the means by which they can be used.

“We need to look at inventing these weapons, not buying them, without losing any time and listening to the words and obstacles of the West.

“We invent, balance, but do not use weapons of mass destruction unless it is necessary; the way of not using it is to have the enemy or stronger.”

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Who has Nuclear Weapons?

Russia is estimated to have around 7,300 nuclear warheads. Of these, an estimated 1,790 are strategically deployed.

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has an active nuclear weapons program and tested nuclear explosive devices in 2006, 2009, 2013, and twice in 2016.

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According to 2016 data from the Federation of American Scientists, the United States has an estimated inventory of 7,000 nuclear warheads, with 1,750 of them strategically deployed.

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Britain's nuclear stockpile consists of about 215 weapons. The country is current reducing its stockpile, and by the mid-2020s it will be reduced to not more than 180.

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France has pared down its arsenal to approximately 300 nuclear warheads.

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Israel is widely understood to possess a sizeable nuclear arsenal but maintains a policy of nuclear ambiguity. Their stockpile is estimated to be 80 warheads. Based on estimates of the plutonium production capacity of the Dimona reactor, Israel has enough plutonium for approximately 100-200 advanced nuclear explosive devices.

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The Imam launched a scathing attack on the United States and Europe - insisting modern day developments have been paid for by crimes of the past.

He said: “When it comes to values ​​such as human rights, conscience, morality, justice, everyone knows and sees that the West implements a very ugly double standard without being embarrassed and ignorant.

“Today, the wealth that the West (including the United States) has is derived from the East more extensively through extortion and robbery (colonialism).

“It is not even possible to account for the material and moral values ​​that the West has inflicted on the East for its bloody material benefit.”

Mr Karaman wrote the post for the Yeni Şafak Newspaper in his column titled ‘What to do’.

In his post the Imam referred to the West “dismantling the great Ottoman Turks” and “digging up the roots of Islam”.

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Religious adviser Hayrettin Karaman said Erdogan should get nuclear

He said Turkey must fight fire with fire - and match the weaponry in Europe.

He said: “The West relies on material and military power, not on the right, the law, the adjective, the power of contemporary values ​​while doing what it wants to the East and especially the leading potential Turkey.

“If you want to get rid of being an oppressed and victim of the East, your right to religion is not justified; You need to be stronger than your enemy, not when you are right, but when you are strong.”

As the relationship between Washington and Ankara wavered in 2016, Nato nuclear weapons were in in Turkey were being moved to Romania, it was claimed,

According to a report by the Simson Center, since the Cold War, some 50 US tactical nuclear weapons have been stationed at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, approximately 100 kilometres from the Syrian border.